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A Rising Vampire
Dorothy Revier shows every sign of becoming one of the most effective screen sirens of the future.
By Dorothy Wooldridge
SHE has the face of Norma Shearer and the eyes o^ Gloria Swanson, and yet she is forecast as one of the best potential vamps of the neAvcomers to the screen.
Such is the paradox of Dorothy Revier, 1925 Baby Wampas star. A fan letter published in a recent number of Picture-Play from George A. Abbate, said of Miss Revier :
To my mind the greatest newcomers of the screen this year are Dorothy Revier, Lawrence Gray, and Priscilla Bonner. When an unknown player practically steals a picture from such seasoned luminaries as Conway Tearle, Percy Marmont, and Claire Windsor, it is time to begin using one's choicest adjectives. That is just what happened to Dorothy Revier in "Just a Woman." To see her is to visualize another Gloria Swanson in the making. Here is a personality that challenges attention. And that is just what I think makes her akin to Gloria. If only Valentino would make her his leading woman, her future is bound to be glorious.
Mr. Abbate does not stand alone in his opinion of Miss Revier's portrayal of Clarice Clement, the vampire in "Just a W oman." His seems to be a popular opinion except, perhaps, for the broad statement that she stole the picture from such per
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sonages a s Conway Tearle, Claire Windsor, and Percy Marmont. I should say that that is going a little too far. It is true, however, that her beauty, grace, and acting certainly stamp her for greater and bigger things in the future.
It was a bit of good luck that I happened to see that picture.
Dorothy Revier's perfectly chiseled features and the oval contour of her face remind one of a beautiful cameo.
I went in company with several other writers primarily to view "feet sequences" for a story I was writing. When Miss Revier appeared on the screen, a chorus of voices exclaimed — mine being one of them — "Who is she? Isn't she beautiful!" and other similar comments.
Leaving the theater I determined to seek this girl out and find out something about her. So here's I her story :
She is twenty-two years old and was born in San Francisco. Her parents are of foreign birth. Her /' mother, who died several months ago, was born in f ' England and her father in Italy. She did not in
herit any dramatic traditions on either side, except perhaps from an aunt, Ida Valerga, who was a great singer in Adelina Patti's time. At the age of six, Dorothy made her first public appearance as a dancer. She studied under the best masters, and when sixteen made a tour of the Coast as a member of the Russian ballet, headed by Alia Moskova.
Homesickness and a desire to be with her mother caused her to leave the company and return to San Francisco, where
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